Treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individuals life experiences. People who struggle with _______ engage in harmful activities despite harmful concequences.
What is addiction
An experienced member who guides newcomers through recovery
What is a sponsor?
What are the two categories of triggers?
What is internal and external
Type of treatment you attend three days a week, three hours a week in the community
What is Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)
A mindfulness technique that can be used to ride out cravings without giving in
Hint: Ride the wave
What is it called?
What is urge surfing
Intense desires or urges to use drugs that can be hard to resist
What are cravings
A group that provides support for family members of alcoholics
What is Al-Anon
The state of mind between reasonable and emotional mind
What is wise mind
Temporarary residence that helps those recently incarcerated transition back into the community upon release from jail/prison.
What is a halfway house
Information or an emergency kit to help an individual from using again. This kit could include 12 step information, important phone numbers, healthy recreational activities to participate in.
What is a relapse prevention plan
Someone who has both a diagnosed mental illness and substance abuse disorder has a
what is a co-occurring disorder
Which step asks you to make direct ammends with people you have harmed, unless attempting to make ammends would hurt them or someone else
What is step nine
12-step program centered around Christian beliefs
What is Celebrate Recovery
What is Three20
what is progressive muscle relaxation or PMR
Anger, anxiety, loneliness, grief, and depression are a few examples of which kind of trigger?
What is internal
This alone is not sufficent to overcome alcoholism or addiction
What is willpower
The first stage of treatment
What is Detoxification/Detox
What are the two things we should think about before making a decision?
We should STOP & THINK about our values & the consequences of our actions.
These two experiences would be signs that one has developed an addiction
What is tolerance and withdrawl
Alcohol is a disease of these three things
what are body, mind, and spirit
A formula for effective goal setting
Hint: Acronym
What are SMART Goals?
Bonus 50 points if you can name what the letters stand for